Poll: Majority of Palestinians Support Terror
NewsMax Wires, NewsMax Staff
Monday, Sept. 23, 2002
A public opinion poll recently conducted by the Palestinian Center for Political and Statistical Research shows that the vast majority of Arabs living under PLO-rule support terror activities against Israel. More than 90 percent of those surveyed expressed support for attacks against IDF soldiers and Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza) residents.
Over half said they support terror against civilians within pre-1967 Israel. The results of the poll were published on September 15 in the Palestinian daily Al-Ayam.
Last Friday night, some 60,000 Arabs who hold Israeli citizenship chanted, "With blood and spirit we will liberate al-Aksa," at a rally sponsored by the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in the Umm el-Fahm soccer stadium.
Speakers at the event denounced the policies of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as well as U.S. President George Bush. The rally was held under the banner "Al-Aksa in Danger," referring to the mosque that stands on the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site.
Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel Radio this morning that the Islamic Movement should be banned. He said that the group "is a cancerous growth, which threatens the Zionist character [of the State]."
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